Category Archives: health economics
HHS Forging Ahead with Health IT Plans B, C and D
By Peggy Salvatore Yesterday, just as I was turning out the lights in my office, two breaking Health IT news stories came in over the proverbial transom. The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONCHIT) announced that it … Continue reading
Fall Colors Edition of Health Wonk Review
It’s a beautiful day in Colorado. So says Louise Norris of Health Insurance Colorado who hosts this colorful fall edition of Health Wonk Review. Join Louise, and the rest of the crew of policy wonks, for a romp through the … Continue reading
“Post-implementation era”: Feds Release Health IT Strategic Plan through 2020
By Peggy Salvatore The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology completed its nearly year-long study delivering a wide-ranging, ambitious and forward-looking Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2015-2020 – a plan described by ONC as “one that puts the … Continue reading
Health Wonk Review: The Selfie Edition
Get your Selfie stick ready to take a photo of your expression as you work your way through this edition of Health Wonk Review. You’ll capture a smile on your face, I’m sure. For pure delight, nothing matches this roundup … Continue reading
A Regulatory Morass*
Or Why health technology is more exciting than electronic patient records By Peggy Salvatore MBA *Definition 1: An area of muddy or boggy ground. Definition 2: A complicated or confused situation. For many years, the promise of electronic patient records … Continue reading
Health Wonk Review: The More Things Change, The More They Cost
By Peggy Salvatore MBA When you look out over the healthcare landscape the last few years, you see nothing but uncharted territory. That goes for science and payment systems. Let’s start with very different change on the far horizon. (If … Continue reading
Looking for Healthcare’s Leading Edge
By Peggy Salvatore Health technology has become massively disruptive. Previously unimaginable leaps in personal healthcare are currently widely accepted, and that has completely changed the trajectory of where health information technology is headed. Yet entrenched entities are clinging to the … Continue reading
Health Wonk Review: Hot Summer Nights, Cool Summer Drinks with Hank Stern
Hank introduces us to the concept of the “Designated Blogger” in this roundup of Midsummer Wonkery.
The 21st Century Cures Act: Using Energy to Pay for Healthcare?
By Peggy Salvatore I liked what I had heard about the 21st Century Cures Act. It seems like a good thing, about time, getting the FDA to streamline the drug and medical device approval process. The logic behind the bill … Continue reading
Decrying the end of the private physician practice? Not so fast!
by Peggy Salvatore I spent the better part of a decade writing training about the healthcare system. I use the term “better part” literally, as it is fascinating to closely watch the ebb and flow of different payment and treatment … Continue reading
